From MediaMatters: On the March 11 edition of his Fox News program, Sean Hannity misquoted President Obama in falsely claiming that Obama “promised the American people” to “eliminate all earmarks.” Hannity claimed that “in the debate with [Sen.] John McCain, [Obama] said, ‘I’m going to go line by line. I’m going to eliminate all the earmarks.’ ” Hannity went on to say that Obama “had a golden opportunity to stand up to his party and say, ‘I’m a man of my word, I promised the American people, and I’m going to keep it.’ ” He added, “If you say, ‘I’m going to go line by line, I’m gonna eliminate bad programs, I’m gonna eliminate all earmarks,’ that seems to me like a broken promise.” In fact, during the second presidential debate, Obama said that he wanted “to go line by line through every item in the federal budget and eliminate programs that don’t work and make sure that those that do work, work better and cheaper,” not that he wanted to “eliminate all earmarks” [emphasis added]. Indeed, as PolitiFact.com and Media Matters for America have noted, during his presidential campaign, Obama actually promised to reform the earmark process and cut wasteful spending. — [ READ MORE ]

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